French Guiana

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The number of individual languages listed for French Guiana is 13. All are living languages. Of these, 7 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 5 are developing, 3 are vigorous, 3 are in trouble, and 1 is dying.

Official Name

Guyane

Sovereignty Comment

Overseas department and integral part of France

Population

231,000 (2010 census)

Principal Languages

French

Literacy Rate

83%

Immigrant Languages

Haitian Creole, Hmong Njua, North Levantine Spoken Arabic (800)

General References

Butt 1966, Crevels 2007

Deaf Population

220–1,800

Language Counts

The number of individual languages listed for French Guiana is 13. All are living languages. Of these, 7 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 5 are developing, 3 are vigorous, 3 are in trouble, and 1 is dying.